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"The Ant Group Board of Directors has accepted Mr. Simon Hu's resignation request, due to personal reasons," the company said.
Updated : Mar 12, 2021

Ant Group CEO Simon Hu resigns due to personal reasons

Hu's exit comes at a time when Ant Group is working on plans to shift to a financial holding company structure following regulatory pressure to subject it to rules and capital requirements similar to those for banks.

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Intelligent Farming

Agri firms find new opportunities in using AI to help farmers fight pests, keep soil healthy and even predicting prices of their produce

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Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Recessions Are the Mothers of IT Invention

As IT is transitioning from a support function to becoming the business itself, great fortunes will be made and lost in the next half decade

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Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Firms Must Test Cyber Resilience Plans, Policies

Fear, uncertainty and rapid business shifts have created the perfect storm for cybercriminals to capitalise on

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Smart Buying

Consumer insight-driven launches, digital after-sales service and automation of production & logistics are redefining the consumer durables industry

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Coin Flipping Time

As central banks look at digital currencies, this emerging technology will soon be hard to ignore

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Online Lessons

As closure of schools, colleges brings new students into their fold, Ed-Tech firms look for innovative ways to monetise their new user base

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

A Quantum Leap

The financial services sector is witnessing the adoption of new technologies and business model changes, albeit in different and innovative ways

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Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Time for Hyperscale Edge Data Centres

Around 75 per cent of data resides outside India. Push for localisation requires data to be stored within the country

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Big Bang 2.0

Agile delivery models to accelerated digitisation, automation is redefining the IT industry

Photograph by Shekhar Ghosh
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Digital Kiranas

A lot of local stores are going online with help from tech start-ups and a clutch of FMCG majors

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Wheels of Change

Start-ups are consolidating freight operations via digital maketplaces and using tech for better warehouse management

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Jul 08, 2020

Telecom 2.0

Telecom companies are building digital revenue streams to jump into the global fray

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

Customised for HNIs

Mass products such as mutual funds do not work for the very rich. Welcome to the world of portfolio management services and alternative investment funds

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries - Photograph by Bandeep Singh - Photograph by Rachit Goswami
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

Game Changer

By reinventing oil monolith RIL into a technology and retail entity, Mukesh Ambani has helped double investor wealth

Aditya Puri, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer - Photograph by Rachit Goswami
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

Consumer Loans Drive Bottomline

HDFC Bank has managed to create massive wealth by focusing on retail banking, especially auto, gold and education loans. Expansion in rural markets helped in scaling up further

Tarak Patel, MD, GMM Pfaudler - Photograph by Mandar Deodhar
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

On a Mission Mode

GMM Pfaudler has made strategic acquisitions, diversified its product basket and invested in new capacities with an eye on long-term growth

Photograph by Vivan Mehra
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

Building Riches in 2020

Real estate investment can take years to bear fruit. Here is how you can tweak your approach to make the most out of it

Nirmal Minda, Chairman, Minda Ind. - Photograph by Yasir Iqbal
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

Consolidate + Diversify equals to Growth

How component maker Minda Industries became an outlier in a down and out sector like automobiles

Maulik D. Mehta, CEO and Executive Director, Deepak Nitrite
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

Encashing the Right Chemistry

Product mix is crucial in chemistry as well as in business. Chemical company Deepak Nitrite relied on this mantra to create a success story

Illustration by Raj Verma
Updated : Sep 01, 2020

Securing the Gains

Insure your life before anything else so that the family does not miss out on goals dear to them